Born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940, died in New York on 8 December 1980; John Lennon was a British musician. He was co-leader of the Beatles, then a solo artist, and worked together with his wife Yoko Ono. His album “Imagine” appeared in September 1971 in the USA and in October 1971 in Britain, produced by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Uta Wiedersprecher and Björn Bergs sing “Imagine”; since 2017 Yoko Ono has also been officially credited as co-writer of the song, which Lennon himself said she deserved.
John Lennon
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